Samuel Gompers by Emma Goldman [Published in The Road to Freedom (New York), Vol. 1, March 1925.] The numerous tributes paid to the late President of the American Federation of Labor, emphasized his ...

The monument recognizes the labor leader's fight for the eight-hour workday and the end of child workers. But his legacy is more complicated. At the corner of Pulaski Road and Foster Avenue on Chicago ...

Samuel Gompers (1850-1924), “The Father of American Unionism,” had perhaps the greatest formative influence on the American labor movement and was its most recognized spokesman. Most of his activities ...

The Biden administration has made a commitment to strengthening the bargaining power of the American worker. On Monday, President Biden established a task force that will empower workers within the ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Historian Richard Norton Smith talked about Samuel Gompers, founder of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and the monument in Washington, DC ...

Samuel Gompers is one of those names you vaguely remember from AP U.S. History, along with The Grange and the Know-Nothings. They fit in somehow, but you don’t exactly remember why. While he may not ...